It's True Is That

Entertainment is changing.

It always changes. 

What would you say you like best - theatre, comedy, music? 

Story or tunes?

In songs you really like, why do you really like that song? 

Maybe you've written a song, perhaps just in your head. What came first the melody or the words?

Whatever the song, surely it can be enhanced and advanced by a little story. A journey, even.

Made you like poetry, but might not you like some better if it were put to music?

The battleground is changing, the lines are blurred.

Standup comedy isn't standup comedy anymore. It's just standup.

Comedy Improv isn't comedy improv anymore. It's just improv.

Experimental theatre isn't experimental anymore. It's just theatre. Nowadays, frequently it might be developed by improv techniques, and know exactly where it's comedy lies.

So whether we prefer theatre, or comedy or music, we're all a little bit wrong. Because we like a little drama. We like the truth. We like a little angst, and sometimes we even take pleasure in a little pain, even our own. We don't really understand why. But it's all to do with connection. Connecting. Connect out.

It all comes down to truth.

Bizarre slapstick is fine, but it's funny because it accelerates and exaggerates the truth.

Is there a form of entertainment that you can identify, that does not trade in the truth? Well, perhaps simplistic pop is cynically overwritten. But we all need a little light relief, now and again.

We gobble it up. They tell us nowadays that we consume it.

So if comedy is truth, and all forms of entertainment and drama lean towards this. Then everything is funny, right. Well, you probably don't think so. But I'm going to disagree with you, while you reach for your well-worn examples..

Only the bleeding hearts tell us certain things are off-limits. But they are dangerously wrong.

Entertainment never changes. It just keeps telling the truth.